Olufemi Owolabi AKINYANJU

Biographical record

Title

Dr

Surname

AKINYANJU

First Name

Olufemi

Other Names

Owolabi

Gender

Male

Source of Publication

Achiever's Who's Who

Date of Birth

October 13 1936

Status

Alive

Place of Birth

Mundame

Father's Status

N/A

Mother's Status

N/A

Marital Status

Married

Name of Spouse

Olufunke Curtis

Number of Children (Male)

2

Number of Children ( Female)

2

Profession

university lecturer, administrator

Education Level

Tertiary

Schools Attended with Dates

Government College, Ughelli, 1949-56; St Mary's Hospital Medical School, University of London (now Imperial College School of Medicine), 1958-63; Internship&Residencytraining in Internal Medicine at Various Hospitals in England, 1963-67; Fellowship in Haematology at the University ofToronto, 1970-71; Postgraduate Course in Haematology ofthe American College of Physicians at Cornell University, New York, 1971; British Council Postgraduate Course onMalignant Disease inChildhood in England, 1976; Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London, 1978; Bar Harbour, Maine, USA, 1987;

Educational Qualification

OON, FRCP, FACP, FMCP, FMCPath, FWACP, MB.SB, MD;

Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

Federal MinistryofHealthCommitteeon Rationalization ofTeaching&Specialist Hospital, Lagos,1984;Federal MinistryofScience&TechnologyNational Committeeon Fagara Research& Development forSickle Cell Disorders, Lagos,1987;NationalCommittee on Non-communicableDisorders, Lagos, 1988;National Safety of Blood& Blood Transfusion PolicyCommittee, Lagos; mm: Cancer Society of Nigeria; Nigerian Medical Association; International SocietyofHaematology, FellowofRoyalCollegeofPhysicians of Edinburgh, FRCP, 1979; Fellow of American College of Physicians, FACP, 1980; Fellow of Royal College of Physicians of London, 1980; Foundation Fellowofthe West African College of Physicians, FWACP; Foundation Fellowofthe National Postgraduate Medical CollegeofNigeria in Internal Medicine and in Pathology; ch., WHO Informal Consultation Group onControl of SickleCellDisorders inAfrica, 1987;WHORegional Consultation on Anaemiain Pregnancy Brazzaville, Congo, 1989; WHO Expert Advisory Panel on Human Genetics, 2007;

Previous Appointments

Pre-registration House Surgeon, Ashford Hospital, Middlesex, 1963-64; Pre-registration House Physicians, St. Alfege's Hospital, Greenwich, London, 1964; Post-registration House Physicians, 1964-65; Essex Senior HOUSE Senior House Physician, St. Ann's Hospital, 1965; London Senior House Physicians, St Ann's Hospital, 1965-67; Registrar in Haematology and Internal Medicine, 1967; Lecturer II, Iand Consultant in Clinical Haematology, 1967-69; 1969-74; Senior Lecturerand Consultant in Clinical Haematology, University ofLagos Teaching Hospital, 1974-79; Head ofDept ofMedicine, UniversityofLagos &Lagos University Teaching Hospital, 1982-85; 1989-92; Prof. ofMedicine &Head ofHaematology Unit, Dept. ofMedicine and Honorary Consultant Physician&Clinical Haematologist to the Lagos Universiry Teaching Hospital, 1979-96; Medical dir. and Physician, Asaju Medical Clinic, Victoria Island' Lagos, since 1996; President, ch., Sickle Cell Club, Lagos, 1984-07; Since 1994; Temporary Adviser, WHO Working Group on the Control of Haemoglobinopathies-Gcneva. 1985;Temporary Adviser withAnnual meeting oftheWHO Working Group on Hereditary Anaemias, Cagliary, Sardinia, 1989; Temporary Adviser onWHO Regional Committee onControl of Sickle Cell Diseasein Africa, 1991;WHO TemporaryAdviser at theWHO/ TIFmeetingonthe prevention andcontrolofHaemogblobinopathies Nicosia, Cyprus, 1993; Consultant to EdoState BetterLife Programme on Staffing andrunningofSickle CellAnaemiaCentre,BeninCity, 1992;

Have you ever been a member of any political party?

N/A

Traditional Titles

OtunAreoflfe, 1986;Ajiroba of Awe, 1994;

Creative Work/Major Exhibitions

Neonatal Thrombocytopenia following Skin Infection. WestAfrican Medical Journal, 1971;Co-author,Aetiologyof SplenomegalyamongAfricans inLagos,Nigeria, Tropical Geog. Med.,1971; Co-author, Observations ontheChemotherapy of Hookworm Infection. West African Medical Joumai, 1973;Co-author, Phrimethamine Poisoning, Brit. Med.J, 1973; Osteomyletis in SickleCell Disease inLagos,W.Afri.Med. J, 1973; Haemophilic Diseases inNigerians Editorial, Niger Med. J, 1974; Haematologic diagnosis of neuroblastoma in children, Niger Med. J, 1974; Anaemia and angina pectoris insickle cell trait Niger Med. J, 1976; Co-author, Hereditary Elliptocytosis with haemolytic crisis following Infection, Niger Med. J, 1978; The Pattern of Hodgkin's Disease in Lagos Nigeria, Nig. Med. J,(in Press), etc; nh:OON, 2006;

Email Address

[email protected]

Phone Number

01-2700040,01-7614654

Official Address

SickleCell Foundation Nigeria,2,OlosaStreet Victoria Island, Lagos